Theme Notes. Eggs. Monday SONGS Down in the Valley Composer: Traditional Publisher: Origin/ABC Music Publishing. Series 223: Eggs

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1 Eggs This week on Play School we have fun with eggs! We look at some of the creatures that lay eggs, such as chickens and dinosaurs, as well as how eggs can be used in cooking and craft. Each day the Surprise Egg Calendar is shown and some days our song of the week, Eggs, is also sung. Monday SONGS Down in the Valley Eggs Composer: D. Spencer Publisher: Mushroom PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY The Little Bird Author & Illustrator: Dick Bruna Publisher: Methuen & Co Ltd FILM Children Painting (Play School, ABC) Down on the Farm Composer: Graham Beebee Publisher: BBC/KPM Sing a Rainbow Composer: Arthur Hamilton Publisher: Edwin H. Morris & Co. Ltd Put a Spot Over Here Composer: John Fox & Warren Carr Walking Through the Jungle Arranged by Max Lambert IDEAS FOR LATER Next time you are in the country you might see some chickens, goslings, or ducklings. If not, find a book about these animals at your local library. Page 1 of 10

2 MAKE AND DO Paper Coloured wax crayons Green and blue food colouring 2 containers 2 paint brushes How To Make Flower and Firework Pictures Mix the green food colouring with some water in a plastic container. Do the same with the blue food colouring. To make a flower picture, draw some flowers on a piece of paper with coloured crayons. Use the paint brush to wash the green dye over the picture. To make a firework picture, draw fireworks on another piece of paper and use blue wash as the sky. Page 2 of 10

3 Tuesday SONGS Eggs Composer: D Spencer Publisher: Mushroom Do You Put Your Hat On... Composer: V Donlon & C Henderson PRESENTERS Leah Vandenberg Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Animals Should Definitely Not Wear Clothing Author: Judi Barrett Illustrator: Ron Barrett Publisher: Atheneum, USA The Elephant Wobbles Composer: Peter Charlton Jimmy Monkey Arranged by Zoe McHenry Horsey, Horsey Composer: Box, Cox, Butler & Roberts Publisher: Sun Music 1937 FILM Animals from Eggs (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER There are many ways to cook eggs. Ask someone to help you make an omelette, pancakes or poached or boiled eggs. Next time you are travelling in the car, sing some chicken, duck or egg songs you have heard on Play School e.g. Five Little Ducks, Old MacDonald Had a Farm or Eggs. Page 3 of 10

4 MAKE AND DO How To Make Scrambled Eggs 3 eggs Dash of milk Salt & pepper Bread Butter Break three eggs into a bowl. Add a dash of milk and some salt and pepper. Whisk together with a fork. Melt some butter in pan. Pour in the egg mixture, occasionally stirring until the eggs are cooked. Meanwhile, make some toast. Butter it and place on a plate. Pile the scrambled eggs on the toast, ready to eat. Page 4 of 10

5 Wednesday SONGS In the Summertime Composer: Peter Coombe On the Sand Composer: Zoe McHenry Publisher: Whitcombe and Tombes Pty Ltd PRESENTERS Brooke Satchwell - Teo Gebert PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Max s Sandcastle (A Play School Told Story) FILM Sea Lions (Play School, ABC) Long Ago Composer: Henrietta Clark & Warren Carr Dino Stomp Composer: Simpson & Lambert Eggs Composer: D Spencer Publisher: Mushroom Fairy Penguin Strut Composer: Don Spencer/Allan Caswell Publisher: MCA/Gilby ANIMATION The Dino Stomp (David Williams, 2002) IDEAS FOR LATER Make a picture using sand and glue. Use the glue to draw a picture on a piece of paper. Gently tip some sand on the paper. Shake away the excess to reveal a sandy picture. Boil some eggs and, when they are cool, draw some colourful patterns on their shells. You could turn them into dinosaur eggs! Page 5 of 10

6 MAKE AND DO How To Make Doll Figurines Small drink bottles Ping pong balls or small polystyrene balls Pipe cleaners Wool Texta Glue Attach the ping pong balls to the top of the bottle with glue. Glue on some wool for hair. Draw on a face with a texta. Glue on scraps of material for clothes. Use pipe cleaners for arms. Page 6 of 10

7 Thursday SONGS Zig Zag Song Composer: June Buckingham Publisher: Unpublished Twinkle Twinkle Little Star PRESENTERS Brooke Satchwell Matt Passmore PIANIST Peter Dasent STORY Dog Blue Author & Illustrator: Polly Dunbar Publisher: Walker Books FILM Decorating a Chair (Play School, ABC) IDEAS FOR LATER What kinds of eggs can you find out and about? You might be able to find chicken eggs at your supermarket or even bird eggs in your garden. Let s Go Driving Composer: J Moss Publisher: Festival Attractions (ASCAP) Little Miss Muffet Jack and Jill Baa Baa Black Sheep Bingo Page 7 of 10

8 MAKE AND DO How To Make Painted Eggs Hard boiled eggs Wax Crayons Food Colouring Egg Cups Draw a pattern on the eggs using wax crayons. Dip the eggs in food colouring and let dry. Once dry, display the decorated eggs in egg cups. How To Make Decorated Bags Paper bags Strips of colourful paper Shiny stars Scrap paper Glue and brushes Glue strips of colourful paper over the front of a paper bag. Make a starry one. Make a rocket one. Page 8 of 10

9 Friday SONGS Animal Ride Composer: Tony Strutton Publisher: Control Do You Plant Your Cabbages PRESENTERS Brooke Satchwell Matt Passmore PIANIST Peter Dasent TOLD STORY Old Mother Hubbard (A Play School Told Story) FILM Grocery Shopping in French (Play School, ABC) ANIMATION Dingle Dangle Scarecrow (David Johnson, 1988) IDEAS FOR LATER If you have a small garden or window box or large garden pot, you could plant some vegetables such as little tomatoes, carrots, beans or spinach. Care for them and watch them grow. If you know some songs in another language, you could sing them in the car with your family or friends. Have an egg and spoon race with a friend. Afterwards you could decorate your hardboiled egg any way you like. Dingle Dangle Scarecrow Composer: M Russell Smith Publisher: EMI Eggs Composer: D Spencer Publisher: Murshroom Skidamarink Old Mother Hubbard Ha-Ha This-A-Way Composer: Beatrice Landeck Publisher: Mark Sloan Alouette Composer: French Traditional Page 9 of 10

10 MAKE AND DO How To Make a Cabbage Patch Material White, green & orange crepe paper Glue Make a simple vegetable garden using a strip of material for the garden and balls of white and green crepe paper for cabbages. Add some orange crepe paper carrots, with green crepe paper tops How To Make a Mobile Phone A small cereal box Yellow Paper Round stickers Tape Texta Tape a square of yellow paper onto box. Stick on your round stickers and use a texta to number them. Draw a picture of Humpty on another piece of yellow paper, and attach it for a screen saver. Page 10 of 10